Deryck Guyler (April 29, 1914 - October 7, 1999) was a versatile British actor, equally at home with comedy and classical/character roles, but best known for his portrayal of officious short-tempered middle-aged men in sitcoms such as Please, Sir and Sykes. He was born in Wallasey in Cheshire and brought up in Liverpool, and originally planned a career in the church. During Second World War he was called up and joined the RAF Police but was later invalidated from service, whereupon he joined ENSA (Entertainment National Services Association) and then (on 4th May 1942) the BBC's Drama and Repertory company in Manchester. After the war, he became a regular on the immensely popular radio series, It's That Man Again (ITMA) until the series was cancelled in 1949 upon the death of the main star Tommy Handley. After ITMA, Guyler carried on working in a variety of roles from light entertainment (BBC Children's Hour) to classical (acting with Sir John Gielgud in King Lear). His success continued into the 1960s when he starred in the gently satirical radio programme about life in the British civil service The Men from the Ministry with Richard Murdoch. April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Arms of the former Wallasey County Borough Council Wallasey is a town on the mouth of the River Mersey on the tip of the Wirral. ... This article is about the English county. ... Liverpools skyline, as seen from the River Mersey. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ... ENSA may stand for: Endocrine Nurses Society of Australia Entertainments National Service Association European Neutron Scattering Association This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... Manchester is a city in the north-west of England. ... ITMA was a 1940s BBC radio comedy programme. ... Tommy (Thomas Reginald) Handley (1892 -1949) was a British comedian mainly known for the BBC radio program ITMA (Its That Man Again). He was born at Toxteth Park, (Liverpool) on 17 January 1892 and died on 9 January 1949 from a brain hemorrhage. ... Childrens Hour -- at first: The Childrens Hour, from a verse by Longfellow (1) -- was the name of the BBCs principal recreational service for children (as distinct from Broadcasts to Schools) during the period when radio dominated broadcasting. ... John Gielgud as photographed in 1936 by Carl Van Vechten Sir Arthur John Gielgud OM CH (April 14, 1904–May 21, 2000) was an English theatre and film actor, regarded by many as one of the greatest of his time. ... King Lear and the Fool in the Storm by William Dyce (1806-1864) King Lear is generally regarded as one of William Shakespeares greatest tragedies. ... The Men from the Ministry was a United Kingdom comedy radio series broadcast by the BBC between 1962 and 1977. ... Richard Stinker Murdoch (1907-1990) was a British comedian. ...

His first television success came as one of Michael Bentine's sidekicks in the inventive and surreal BBC show It's a Square World (1960). More recently, he appeared in numerous television light entertainment shows in which he performed a novelty act playing the washboard. He was also a regular on the sitcoms Please, Sir and Sykes. In 1983, he retired to Brisbane, Australia, where he lived until his death. Michael Bentine Michael Bentine (January 26, 1922 - November 26, 1996) was a comedian, comic actor, and member of the Goons. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Sykes was a long-running BBC television sitcom of the 1960s and 1970s, starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques. ... This article is about the Australian city. ...